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3402.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
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| With the obesity epidemic a high priority for the nation's health, more attention has been drawn to links between eating disorders and overweight. Overweight is prospectively associated with an increased risk for development of bulimia nervosa and binge eating in adolescents, and binge eating can lead to weight gain and obesity. Given these important linkages between eating disorders and overweight, experts have begun to call for new alliances between the two fields for prevention research. So how do we get started? In this session, attendees will get the background and concrete guidance they need to initiate efforts to integrate eating disorders and overweight prevention in their own communities and schools. Presenters will cover the key epidemiologic and intervention findings linking overweight and eating disorders. Then we will describe a variety of efforts designed to integrate attention to eating disorders and obesity prevention, including nutrition and physical activity promotion programs in school and community settings, health education curricula, school wellness policies, and school-based BMI surveillance. The session will emphasize interactive audience participation to discuss attendees’ experiences and plans for initiating work in their home communities to address these issues. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Understand the need to develop programs that integrate approaches from both eating disorders and obesity prevention programming. 2. Describe at least one strategy to partner with with eating disorders and obesity prevention professionals, based on the experience of Boston public health professionals. | |||
| S. Bryn Austin, ScD Debra L. Franko, PhD | |||
Identifying Opportunities to Link Eating Disorders and Obesity ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} S. Bryn Austin, ScD | |||
| Techniques for Developing Age-appropriate Programs for Obesity and Debra L. Franko, PhD | |||
| Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Eating Disorders Prevention Linda Keefe | |||
| Taking First Steps to Integrate Obesity and Eating Disorders Nancy Birkhimer, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Food and Nutrition | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA